Women, slaves and homosexuals

In this morning’s sermon at Grace Church, Pastor Tim preached about the redemptive movement of Scripture. It was about the issues of women, slaves and homosexuals in Scripture.

The two big question posed to us were;

1. WHY do some biblical instructions have ongoing significance while others are either ignored or limited in some way?
2. HOW do I determine which components of the biblical text should apply today and which should not?

The reason being;

• Some parts of Scripture are trans-cultural – reaches through all cultures (eg. Deut 6:5)
• Some parts contain significant cultural components (eg. Leviticus 24:44)

This would make complete sense because if we took the bible word for word we would have to follow these scriptures;

• Greet one another with a holy kiss – 1 Cor. 16:20
• Every male among you shall be circumcised – Gen 17:10

Tim took his material from the book Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis

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